busk.
To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
Meaning & usage
To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
To sell articles such as obscene books in public houses etc.
To tack, cruise about.
Where this word comes from
Apparently from French busquer or Spanish buscar.
A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
A corset.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French busc, from Italian busco (“splinter”).
A kind of linen.
Where this word comes from
Etymology unknown.
To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress.
To go; to direct one's course.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English busken, from Old Norse búask, reflexive of búa (“to prepare”); compare bound for a derivation from búa's past participle and basken for a similar formation from an Old Norse reflexive.
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